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Cargotecture: 5 shipping container hot spots

Starbucks, Tukwila, Wash.

This Starbucks drive-through/walk-up location in the Seattle suburb Tukwila is made of four recycled shipping containers. The cafe measures just 448 square feet, about as much space as a typical Starbucks, with room for three baristas to serve up lattes behind the counter.

The coffee conglomerate hopes to use containers for short or long-term cafes on future properties and possibly use them as temporary solutions when stores close for remodeling. Starbucks' coffee and tea is shipped from other countries in these very containers.

Starbucks, Tukwila, Wash.

This Starbucks drive-through/walk-up location in the Seattle suburb Tukwila is made of four recycled shipping containers. The cafe measures just 448 square feet, about as much space as a typical Starbucks, with room for three baristas to serve up lattes behind the counter.

The coffee conglomerate hopes to use containers for short or long-term cafes on future properties and possibly use them as temporary solutions when stores close for remodeling. Starbucks' coffee and tea is shipped from other countries in these very containers.